Regions | JOYLAND

Sinking

Christine Utz -

The summer storm crouched behind them while they stared at the gator in the mud. It was hard to say how big he was;...

The Savior of Clouds

Shane Jones -

Megan ‘The Love of God’ Jeffries moved her finger. Click. The subject of the email read Please proofread the attached cover letter (ALIGNMENT ISSUE: AN ISSUE...

Tangled

Laurie Stone -

Richard and I were in Maine visiting our friend Josey, who had restored a building beside a swing bridge. The building had at various...

Morphology

Lana Storey -

The flies showed up in January. I left for work and there was nothing, but when I got home there they were—maybe fifty of...

Many Times Their Raging Hearts

Sarah Dohrmann -

She always threatened to kill herself. They’d get in fights and Patty’d say, “Someday you’ll be real sorry you said that!” or “How can...

Maternity Suit

Pauline Holdstock -

When she started at Ridout and Finney’s, Melanie was very careful about what she wore. Light brown pumps with a medium heel, a wool...

The Turnpike

Leia Menlove -

It is summer of 1978, and a woman without a wedding ring drives east on the Will Roger’s Turnpike, the straightest route out of...

Distance

Debbie Urbanski -

I first noticed how the world was retreating from me on a morning in early June after it had rained for nearly eight days....

Welcome to My Harem

Virginia Konchan -

The summer after my nineteenth birthday, Cedar Point paid me excellent money to wear a wig of raven tresses and full-length gown of rich...

Charlotte Quinn Dreams of Rooms

Nicole Baute -

Charlotte Quinn is six the first time I see her, with fine yellow hair and a pink birthmark she’ll have on her cheek til...